repair my cracked screen s2 or buy a nokia 800?

squarehead94 · 17 Jul 2012 at 22:33

hey guys, i cracked the screen on my s2. its gonna cost 120 to fix. should i fork that out or pay 110 for a nokia lumia 800? been offered one for that price. cheers

nightmare99 · 17 Jul 2012 at 22:39

Is it not insured at all? Not even under your bank account?

squarehead94 · 17 Jul 2012 at 22:42

no? im 17 :/ well i have contents insurance but the excess premium thing is £80 anyways, i could go that route but then our insurance would go up anyways...

Robbo · 17 Jul 2012 at 22:45

Get your thread moved to here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=80

However, I would personally do neither of these things, but if I had to pick one, I'd get the Lumia 800 just for a change; but it isn't really better than the S2.

squarehead94 · 17 Jul 2012 at 22:48

ok before it gets moved, what would you do? i love this s2 to bits like, i need a big screen as i watch lots of movies and stuff.

grudas · 17 Jul 2012 at 22:49

Repair it then for 120 you wont get another phone that is as good as s2

Sinny · 17 Jul 2012 at 22:53

Just to add, the 800 is a damn fine phone unless you like downloading app's because the marketplace is pap. but I'm glad I have it as nokia music and maps actually sell the phone over any Android device at the moment if I'm honest.

The Halk · 17 Jul 2012 at 22:55

Repair the SGS2 for 120, recycle it for 200, buy the 800 for 120?

Or try to recycle the SGS2 as broken, and buy the 800 - if that nets you more.

Antar Bolaeisk · 17 Jul 2012 at 23:02

Just to note, if the gorilla glass is attracting you to the Lumia 800, it still shatters with the right impact

Otherwise it's a great wee phone and I've really enjoyed using mine. Some of the limitations are a bit **** (no VoIP for example) but it's very fluid and immediate.

s0ck · 17 Jul 2012 at 23:03

Is the SGS2 really that expensive to repair?

There simply is no better handset out right now (I include the heavier SGS3 in this) so you may as well get it repaired.

sketchytom · 17 Jul 2012 at 23:05

120 to fix a screen lol

do it yourself

for my old iphone 3gs a phone shop said it would cost me 100 quid for the digitizer i laughed bought parts off ebay for a tenner and fixed in a matter of ten mins

rG-tom · 17 Jul 2012 at 23:13

the screen for the s2 is lolmoney, even to buy on ebay they're £100+!

I know as i broke mine 3 days ago

Robbo · 17 Jul 2012 at 23:13

s0ck said:
There simply is no better handset out right now (I include the heavier SGS3 in this) so you may as well get it repaired.

Err, what? :confused:

reflux · 18 Jul 2012 at 10:00

s0ck said:
There simply is no better handset out right now (I include the heavier SGS3 in this) so you may as well get it repaired.

Interesting.. care to elaborate?

tom_e · 18 Jul 2012 at 10:09

I'm also confused by that statement there's a marked improvement between the s2 and s3, if you love your s2 that much I'd stick with it and splash the cash out for a new screen.

squarehead94 · 18 Jul 2012 at 11:25

yes sadly the screen and digitizer are stuck together and cannot be seperated, hence a repair is £120+ the actual parts alone are over 100 on ebay anyways, so I'd rather pay £120 to have a professional do it and guarantee it for me.

think thats what im going to do if the insurance wont repair/replace/give me a voucher for carphone warehouse or something.

s0ck · 18 Jul 2012 at 13:23

reflux said:
Interesting.. care to elaborate?

The S2 was the leader. It should have been pipped by the S3 but instead they brought out this bigger, heavier, PDA-esque looking device.

Alll imho of course. I've owned iPhones etc too, really liked them but the S2 was technically superior.

Maybe the next iPhone will be outright awesome but it's not here yet

Robbo · 18 Jul 2012 at 13:29

s0ck said:
The S2 was the leader. It should have been pipped by the S3 but instead they brought out this bigger, heavier, PDA-esque looking device.

Alll imho of course. I've owned iPhones etc too, really liked them but the S2 was technically superior.

Maybe the next iPhone will be outright awesome but it's not here yet

So the S2 was the leader... then they improved it in every possible way, and made it a bit bigger to facilitate the HD screen.

You're moaning because it's 17 grams heavier... :confused:

The S2 isn't really technically superior to the iPhone 4S either, depending on how you look at it.

thep02 · 18 Jul 2012 at 13:55

Robbo said:
You're moaning because it's 17 grams heavier...

Dude on your 3500th bench press you're gona notice that kind of weight, I know I did when I moved from my Apollo to my Note, which is far superseded by my son's S3.

In non shop lighting conditions the button colour difference isn't as ridiculous as I thought before, unless the Note2 is amazing I'll get myself an S3 soon.

reflux · 18 Jul 2012 at 14:17

s0ck said:
The S2 was the leader. It should have been pipped by the S3 but instead they brought out this bigger, heavier, PDA-esque looking device.

Alll imho of course. I've owned iPhones etc too, really liked them but the S2 was technically superior.

Can't agree with you on the S3 being a PDA, it's barely bigger and better in every way like Robbo says. Only thing I don't like about the S3 is the home button which is too small and not very ergonomic.